1971 Topps #156 Bart Johnson
About Bart Johnson
Johnson split 1971 between the rotation and the bullpen, pitching in 53 games with 16 starts and 14 saves. He went 12-10 with a 2.93 ERA and 153 strikeouts. His Topps card that year is #156, a second-series number, printed with the White Sox.
Bart Johnson was a 6-foot-5 right-hander who pitched all eight of his major league seasons, 1969 through 1977, for the Chicago White Sox. He finished 43-51 with a 3.94 ERA and 17 saves. In 809 1/3 innings he struck out 520 and completed 22 games, 6 of them shutouts. He came out of Torrance High School in California, where he set the CIF Southern Section scoring record in basketball with 1,917 points, passing the 1,901 that Billy Kilmer had set. He debuted on September 8, 1969, and pitched his last game on September 21, 1977. From 1980 to 1997 he scouted for the White Sox. He lived in Oak Lawn, Illinois, and died in Palos Heights, Illinois, on April 22, 2020, from complications of Parkinson's disease.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 240 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 106 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1971 Topps #156 card?
It is card #156 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bart Johnson of the Chicago White Sox.
How many cards are in the 1971 Topps Baseball set?
752 cards, tracked as 761 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 752 with none skipped, issued in six print series (132/131/130/130/120/109 cards), the sixth (#644-752) the high numbers; seven cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - the #42, #265 and #306 photo pairs and the #123, #206, #369 and #619 checklists, #369 and #619 in three printings each.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA (its price guide, master set registry and set article), BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-25.